manse
French, noun\mɑ̃s\
manse is spelled M-A-N-S-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manse is a French noun meaning “manse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mesure de terre jugée nécessaire pour faire vivre un homme et sa famille”.
What does manse mean in English?
noun
- 1
manse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mesure de terre jugée nécessaire pour faire vivre un homme et sa famille. 2. Tenure correspondant à une parcelle agricole suffisamment importante pour nourrir une famille.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of manse
- manses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manse?
- \mɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is manse in French?
manse appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).